Tag: Officials
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60 Percent of Sudan National Museum’s Holdings Have Been Looted, Officials Say
In September 2024, officials reported that the National Museum of Sudan in the country’s capital city, Khartoum, had been subjected to looting by members of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during Sudan’s ongoing civil war. Now, museum officials have made public the extent of that looting. “More than 60% of the museum’s holdings were read more
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Russia’s Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Is Set to Reopen This Year, But Officials Say It Isn’t a ‘Return’
After closing for the last two editions of the Venice Biennale following its war in Ukraine, Russia will reopen its national pavilion this year, its organizers told ARTnews. In February 2022, Russian artists Kirill Savchenkov and Alexandra Sukhareva, along with Lithuanian curator Raimundas Malašauskas, withdrew from the pavilion from that year’s Biennale, citing Moscow’s invasion read more
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Trump Administration Removes Pride Flag from Stonewall Monument, Elected Officials Reinstated It on Their Own
Earlier this week, news broke that the Trump administration had quietly removed the Pride flag that once waved over the Stonewall National Monument in New York’s West Village. Several New York City and State elected officials condemned the flag’s removal, and many gathered to reinstate it on Thursday afternoon. Gay City News first reported on read more
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